Sunday, November 23, 2014

Chronicling: What I Read from August to November

Here's something I haven't done before, and will hopefully never do again: I've read so many books from August to November, and not written about them, that for the sake of chronicling while not letting this post go mile long, I am simply going to list them month by month and add a rating (and maybe a few words for some).

I've been thinking about the blogging and where I want to go with it lately (looks like I am not the only one, I've seen others reorganising their mental fields before the end of the year as well), and I'm planning to get back into writing more actively as of the new year. I think I'll do some changes as to what I write about, and how, and for how much, so that the book blogging experience was more customized for my personal taste.

But let's get on with this post. I was in a major slump for the end of summer-beginning of autumn, after which I got into a MAJOR reading spree (that should explain 28 completed books in October - and by completed I mean I finished off everything that I had ever started before and books that had been next to my bed for months; in the end I felt extremely liberated).

8 comments:

Wow, you were on a serious roll in October! I've got far too many books half-finished by my bed from the last couple of months. I should probably take your example and get them finished off, if only to feel liberated.

I always love your posts so I look forward to seeing what you come up with the new year :)

YAY for October -- that was one awesome month! I am so with you on the blogging slump (and the catch-up) but I think it's honestly a good thing sometimes -- you probably could not have read so much recently if you also were blogging regularly, so I think it's probably worked out in the end. I hope you find what works for you in the new year -- it's definitely different for each person.

So excited to see you've finished Harry Potter with some high ratings for the final two books :) And now I really want to read Rebecca even more -- I always mean to read it in the fall or around Halloween, but haven't managed it yet -- though I guess winter wouldn't be a bad time for an atmospheric read either :)

Holy crap girl, that's a lot of reading! Awesome :) This book has me giddy with excitement! Let's see...- So glad you liked The Bluest Eye, HP, Rebecca, Northanger Abbey...- Extra excited that you liked Ancillary Justice, because I've been itching to try that for a while now but hadn't actually seen any praise for it, but somehow it seemed like it was everywhere- I didn't like The Thirteenth Tale either. I get it.- I really need to try out some David Mitchell. Really.

I'm just glad you're back into blogging :) I missed your posts. Hopefully you can find a good rhythm that works for you.

I hope you'll like Ancillary Justice, many people do but then there are many who don't get into it. The tip I can give is to not be discouraged during the first 100 pages, I think it's meant to be a bit heavy-going, at some point things should click and get really good.

Omgosh good to hear I'm not the only one who wasn't into The Thirteenth Tale. That was a bit disappointing experience.